Phocis

See also: phocis

English

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Proper noun

Phocis

  1. A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.
  2. (historical) An ancient region in the central part of ancient Greece that included Delphi.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Phōcis f sg (genitive Phōcidis); third declension

  1. an ancient region of Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Phōcis
genitive Phōcidis
dative Phōcidī
accusative Phōcidem
ablative Phōcide
vocative Phōcis

Derived terms

  • phōcensis
  • Phōciī

References

  • Phōcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phocis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Phocis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly